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To save one good man, she’ll have to let her inner bad girl out to play…

ER nurse Jessica Bradford is a good girl. Okay, a reformed bad girl, but she’s done her late father proud. Now she’s one step away from landing Dr. Perfect, aka handsome, sexy, heroic Ben Torres—the hot fudge and... read more

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  • Jessica Leigh Bradford: "Jess" - "Jessica Leigh Bradford" - "The Little General" - ER nurse; 30 years old; Is five foot six with a slim build; Has thick, straight, rich brunette hair, with reddish gold streaking through it and green eyes
  • Benjamin Torres: "Ben" - Handsome, sexy, heroic/Dr. Perfect; Trauma surgeon; Has tanned skin, dark hair and deep brown eyes; Is six foot two and two hundred pounds of solid muscle
  • Sam Bradford: Jessica's younger brother by five years; 25 years old; Ben's best friend; Head paramedic on the best ambulance crew in the city
  • Sara Bradford: "Sara Jo Bradford" - Jessica & Sam's younger sister; 20 years old; Administrator of the Bradford Youth Center; Has a degree in social work; Has long, curly blonde hair
  • Michael Torres: Ben's father; A missionary in Africa; Died when Ben was eighteen
  • David Bradford: Jessica, Sam & Sara's father; A lawyer; Died when Jessica was twenty
  • Marcy: Jessica's best friend
  • Dooley: One of Sam's best friends; Has tan skin and shaggy blond hair making him look like a California surfer dude; An ace paramedic; Grew up on a farm in Nebraska; One of Ben's best friends
  • Mac Gordon: One of Sam's best friends; Has a shaved head and a goatee; A big ex-firefighter turned EMT; One of Ben's best friends
  • Kevin Campbell: One of Sam's best friends; Has dark hair; A paramedic; One of Ben's best friends; Became a Christian two years ago
  • Matt Taylor: ER physician; Sam's poker buddy
  • Dan: ER nurse
  • Linda: ER nurse
  • Ted Blake: Drunk driver
  • Derek Williams: Paramedic; Sam's friend
  • Mike: Paramedic
  • Jerry: Doorman; An older black man
  • Dolly: Owner of Cup O' Joe; Sixty-ish; Looks like Santa's wife, with apple red cheeks, white curls and a quick, warm smile
  • Russ Edwards: Doctor; Chief of Emergency Medicine at St. Anthony's; Ben's boss
  • Dr. Thomas: Doctor at St. Anthony's who was sued the year before
  • David: Injured teenager from the Bradford Youth Center
  • Corey: Teenager from the Bradford Youth Center
  • Mario Riccio: 17 years old; Teenager from the Bradford Youth Center
  • Brian: Teenager from the Bradford Youth Center
  • Tony: Teenager from the Bradford Youth Center
  • Sophie: Teenager from the Bradford Youth Center; A pregnant sixteen-year-old; A beautiful young girl
  • Mrs. Wilson: Tony's grandmother
  • Valerie: Ben's friend; A nurse specializing in wound care
  • Reuben: Teenager from the Bradford Youth Center
  • Carolyn McDonald: Patient at St. Anthony's Hospital
  • Holly: Carolyn's daughter; Madeline's mother
  • Madeline: Carolyn's granddaughter; Holly's daughter
  • Melanie: ER desk clerk
  • Ron Snyder: Patient at St. Anthony's Hospital
  • Abigail Snyder: "Abby" - Ron's wife
  • Charlie: Little boy; Patient at St. Anthony's Hospital
  • Stephanie: ER nurse
  • Mark Simpson: Second-best trauma surgeon in Omaha
  • Dr. Martin: ER doctor
  • Steve Borchers: Ben's friend; Best neurosurgeon in Omaha
  • John Shepard: Jessica's billionaire ex-lover; Twenty-one years older than Jessica
  • Tim Hubert: Jessica's junior prom date and first lover
  • Mr. Benson: Rich Omaha citizen
  • Wes Foster: Police Officer
  • Chris Burnham: ER doctor; Is controlling, pompous and jealous, especially of Ben
  • Nadia: ER resident
  • Kati: Charge nurse
  • Mary: Head nurse
  • Amber: A curvy brunette
  • Rita: ER front desk clerk
  • Luke Pierson: Trauma surgeon
  • Nancy: ER receptionist
  • Dr. Ben Torres: Add a description of this character.
  • Mrs. Abigail Snyder
  • Jennifer
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  • “When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be.”
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • “…to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • “Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest,”
    Mark Twain
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  • She’d wanted him there because he could make her feel better just being in the room with her. Ben would do anything in his power to make things right in the world. He was a warrior, a hero, a fighter. That’s all she needed. Not the victory necessarily, but the man willing to do battle for the right reason.
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  • “He listens and pays attention to what people need. Then he’s smart enough and generous enough to find a way to meet the need. It’s his gift.”
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First Sentence edit see section history

It was not a good day to go low-carb.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Dedication
Chapter 1 - 12
About the Author

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 7 in The Bradfords. (standard series)

Followed by Just Like That.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Erin Nicholas (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Lindsey Faber (Editor)
  2. S. L. Carpenter (Cover Artist)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Country: USA
Publication Date: March 30, 2010
ISBN: 978-1-60504-947-2
Page Count: 269

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Warning: Contains hot love in a store dressing room and in the front seat of a car—at the expense of a very nice strawberry patch, unfortunately—oh, and hooker boots. Can’t forget the hooker boots.

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